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One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I give twenty dollars.” “All right” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the elephants?” “I didn’t find the bad ears” says the young man. “Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I never saw an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

1                 the elephant.

A. The young man sells      B. The old man sells

C. The two men sell         D. The old man buys

2 The young man looks at the elephants. He wants to find    

A. some meat              B. some money  

C. bad ears                D. what it looks like

3 The young man looks at the elephant slowly because he     

A. wants to find something    B. likes the elephant

C. helps the old man         D. doesn’t see the elephant before

4 Hearing what the young man said, the old man will be     

A. angry     B. happy     C. dangerous     D. hungry

5 A. knows the elephant has bad ears

B. wants the elephant

C. looks after the elephants      

D. will not get any money from the old man

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Many young people in China know about Celine Dion （席琳•迪翁），the famous French Canadian pop singer. She sang the song “ My heart will go on” for the movie Titanic. But do you know she had already become popular before she sang this song.

Celine Dion’s hometown was in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is the youngest of the fourteen children in a musical family. Her parents and the large family formed a singing group. They traveled and played folk music. They were well known in their hometown. Celine’s mother wrote her first song for her, and she recorded it with her brother when she was twelve years old. Then a local rock manager named Rene Angelil was interested in them. He asked Mrs Dion to take her two children to come to his office. Later on he gave strong support for Celine. In 1994, they were married.

As a singing star, Celine Dion won many prizes and soon became popular all over the world. She sang at the opening of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA. In 1997, she made the whole world hit with the song “My heart will go on”.　                                 

6Celine Dion was a _______.

        A. drawer   B. scientist    C. singer    D. manager

7There were _______ people in Celine’s family.

        A. 15      B. 16         C. 17       D. 18

8Celine Dion’s family were ______ in their hometown.

        A. famous   B. rich        C. poor     D. kind

9 Celine Dion recorded her first song with ______.

        A. her sister B. her mother   C. her father   D. her brother

10 In _____, Celine Dion sang at the opening of the Olympic Cames.

        A. 1999     B. 1998       C. 1997      D. 1996  

Mrs. White likes sports．She seems short and thin，but she is stronger than any one of her workmates．Her husband likes drinking and __1__ much money on it．She has to work hard to buy __2__ food for her family．

It was her thirtieth birthday yesterday．Her husband had little money to buy a good present for her．He had to buy a（an）__3__ necklace（项链）and gave it to her before the party started．

This evening，after the Whites had supper，the woman went to the __4__ to buy some bread for the next breakfast．At a street corner rushed out a young man and __5__ to rob（抢劫）her of her necklace．She collared him（揪住衣领）to stop him __6__ that．The young man had to __7__ as quickly as he could．A policeman found it and came up to her and said，“Could you tell _8__ Character（特征）the young man has，madam? We’ll try our best to __9__ him．”

“Never mind，sir，” said the woman．“He robbed me of my necklace but I robbed him of his．Mine is __10__ glass but his is made of gold．”

1．A．takes                     B．costs                   C．spends                   D．pays

2．A．much                    B．enough                C．little                D．lots of

3．A．expensive              B．ice                       C．cheap                    D．beautiful

4．A．house                 B．shop                    C．street                     D．kitchen

5．A．tried                      B．was glad              C．want                      D．helped

6．A．to do                     B．does                    C．for doing                D．doing

7．A．walk                     B．rob                      C．run away                      D．go

8．A．what                     B．how                    C．which                    D．whose

9．A．look for                 B．catch                   C．beat                       D．fight against

10．A．made of               B．made from           C．out of                    D．into

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　　Mrs White likes 1 She seems short and thin, but she is stronger than any one of her workmates. Her husband likes drinking and 2 much money on it. She has to work hard to buy 3 food for her family.

　　It was her thirtieth birthday yesterday. Her 4 had little money to buy an (a) 5 present for her. He had to buy a cheap necklace (项链) and gave it to her 6 the party started.

　　This evening, after the Whites had supper, the woman went to the 7 to buy some bread for the next breakfast. At a street corner rushed out a young man and 8 to rob(抢劫)her 9 her necklace. She collared him(揪住衣领)to stop him doing that. The young man had to 10 as quickly as he could．A policeman 11 it and came up to her and said, "Could you tell 12 character(特征)the young man has, madam? We'll try our best to 13 him. "

　　" 14 , sir," said the woman. "He robbed me of my necklace but I robbed him of his. Mine is 15 glass but his is made of goldD．"

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　　Mrs White likes 1 She seems short and thin, but she is stronger than any one of her workmates. Her husband likes drinking and 2 much money on it. She has to work hard to buy 3 food for her family.

　　It was her thirtieth birthday yesterday. Her 4 had little money to buy an (a) 5 present for her. He had to buy a cheap necklace (项链) and gave it to her 6 the party started.

　　This evening, after the Whites had supper, the woman went to the 7 to buy some bread for the next breakfast. At a street corner rushed out a young man and 8 to rob(抢劫)her 9 her necklace. She collared him(揪住衣领)to stop him doing that. The young man had to 10 as quickly as he could．A policeman 11 it and came up to her and said, "Could you tell 12 character(特征)the young man has, madam? We'll try our best to 13 him. "

　　" 14 , sir," said the woman. "He robbed me of my necklace but I robbed him of his. Mine is 15 glass but his is made of goldD．"

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